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Rudraprayag
Constituency No. 8 for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttarakhand
DistrictRudraprayag
Lok Sabha constituencyGarhwal
Established2002
Total electors103,675 (2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

Rudraprayag is one of the 70 electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Rudraprayag area of Ruraprayag Tehsil[1] and is a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency). As of 2022, its representative is Bharat Singh Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
2002 Matbar Singh Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party
2007
2012 Harak Singh Rawat Indian National Congress
2017 Bharat Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2022[edit | edit source]

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Rudraprayag[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bharat Singh Chaudhary 29,660 46.78% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.37
INC Pradeep Prasad Thapliyal 19,858 31.32% Error creating thumbnail: File missing6.19
Independent Matbar Singh Kandari 4,838 7.63% New
UKD Mohit Dimri 4,623 7.29% New
Independent Sudhir Negi 1,219 1.92% New
NOTA None of the above 871 1.37% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.79
CPI Sudhir Rauthan 694 1.09% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.18
AAP Pyar Singh Negi 413 0.65% New
Independent Mahabir Singh Jagwan 412 0.65% New
BMP Birendra Pratap Singh 323 0.51% New
Margin of victory 9,802 15.46% Error creating thumbnail: File missing9.56
Turnout 63,397 59.89% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.61
Registered electors 1,05,849 Error creating thumbnail: File missing7.29
BJP hold Swing Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.37

Assembly Election 2017[edit | edit source]

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Rudraprayag[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bharat Singh Chaudhary 29,333 50.15% Error creating thumbnail: File missing23.63
INC Laxmi Singh Rana 14,701 25.14% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.87
Independent Pradeep Prasad Thapliyal 5,818 9.95% New
Independent Jagmohan Singh Rauthan 3,342 5.71% New
NOTA None of the above 1,266 2.16% New
BSP Surjeet Lal 801 1.37% Error creating thumbnail: File missing1.17
CPI Lalita Prasad 746 1.28% New
Independent Bhagwati Prasad 711 1.22% New
Independent Jai Om Prakash 642 1.10% New
Independent Jagdish Singh 359 0.61% New
Margin of victory 14,632 25.02% Error creating thumbnail: File missing22.53
Turnout 58,488 59.28% Error creating thumbnail: File missing2.73
Registered electors 98,657 Error creating thumbnail: File missing14.74
BJP gain from INC Swing Error creating thumbnail: File missing21.14

Assembly Election 2012[edit | edit source]

2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Rudraprayag[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harak Singh Rawat 15,469 29.01% Error creating thumbnail: File missing9.56
BJP Matbar Singh Kandari 14,143 26.52% Error creating thumbnail: File missing7.49
Independent Bharat Singh Chaudhary 7,988 14.98% New
Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha Arjun Singh 6,331 11.87% New
Independent Virendra Singh 3,354 6.29% New
BSP Dheer Singh 1,355 2.54% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.61
UKD Kishori Nandan Dobhal 910 1.71% Error creating thumbnail: File missing9.98
SP Kuldip Singh 720 1.35% Error creating thumbnail: File missing1.12
Independent Bhagwati Prasad 717 1.34% New
LJP Kundan Lal 716 1.34% New
Independent Vijendra Prasad 477 0.89% New
Margin of victory 1,326 2.49% Error creating thumbnail: File missing12.08
Turnout 53,326 62.02% Error creating thumbnail: File missing2.19
Registered electors 85,984
INC gain from BJP Swing Error creating thumbnail: File missing5.00

Assembly Election 2007[edit | edit source]

2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: Rudraprayag[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Matbar Singh Kandari 16,394 34.01% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.64
INC Virendra Singh Butola 9,374 19.45% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.79
NCP Bharat Singh Chaudhary 6,322 13.11% New
UKD Srikrishna Bhatt 5,635 11.69% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.09
Independent Beer Singh Rawat 3,123 6.48% New
BSP Vikram Singh 2,964 6.15% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.88
BJSH Virendra Singh Bisht 1,501 3.11% New
SP Jaspal Singh 1,189 2.47% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.36
Independent Anand Singh 688 1.43% New
Vishwa Vikas Sangh Leela Nand Bahuguna 572 1.19% New
Samata Party Mahaveer Singh 445 0.92% Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.53
Margin of victory 7,020 14.56% Error creating thumbnail: File missing0.14
Turnout 48,207 59.96% Error creating thumbnail: File missing9.51
Registered electors 80,571
BJP hold Swing Error creating thumbnail: File missing3.64

Assembly Election 2002[edit | edit source]

2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election: Rudraprayag[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Matbar Singh Kandari 15,031 37.65% New
INC Gajendra Singh 9,275 23.23% New
UKD Shrikrishna 3,432 8.60% New
BSP Dharma Lal 2,806 7.03% New
Independent Bhagwati Prasad 2,313 5.79% New
Samata Party Kishori Nandan 1,779 4.46% New
Independent Gulab Singh 1,286 3.22% New
Uttarakhand Janwadi Party Badri Prashad Jasola 988 2.47% New
SP Jaspal Singh 840 2.10% New
Independent Umed Singh 805 2.02% New
Independent Prem Prakash 560 1.40% New
Margin of victory 5,756 14.42%
Turnout 39,923 50.34%
Registered electors 79,328
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Rudraprayag Assembly Elections Results, Assembly Election Dates (Schedule), News".
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  3. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

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